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Friday, May 28, 2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Jeff Heslop, formerly a top information risk management executive at Capital One Financial Corp., its first-ever chief operating officer for information technology, financial reporting and records management.

At Capital One, Heslop headed the company’s information and resiliency risk management.“The creation of the chief operating officer position will enhance our ongoing effort to refocus resources and make this agency more efficient and effective,” said SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro in a statement.

Heslop, who joined the agency May 17, reports directly to Schapiro and oversees operations of its Office of Information Technology and the financial and accounting functions of the agency’s Office of Financial Management.

Heslop, 55, spent 12 years at McLean-based Capital One (NYSE: COF), most recently as managing vice president of information risk management.

Throughout the document, GSA refers to one contractor providing end-to-end travel management services, and nowhere in the statement of objectives does it mention that the agency may make this a multiple award contract.

This is the second draft RFP GSA has issued since November. The first draft statement of objectives also seemed to call for the consolidation to one vendor.

The government has seen mixed results in mandating the move to these three vendors.

The Office of Management and Budget says in the fiscal 2010 E-Government Benefits Report to Congress issued in March that 23 of 24 major departments have or are in the process of implementing the portals-18 of which are fully deployed. And the final one, the Justice Department, is scheduled to begin in 2010.

But three major agencies that account for nearly 33 percent of all federal travel have not moved to the new system-the departments of Commerce, Homeland Security and Justice.

The draft RFP calls for the vendor to use an application or software-as-a service approach for the portal. The vendor must include access to all other travel systems, such as FedRooms, City Pair Program and SmartPay.

GSA details 14 mandatory requirements, including creation, routing and approval of travel authorizations, travel planning and cost estimating, support of mobile devices and several others.

Comments on the draft RFP are due by May 26, and GSA will host an industry day May 12 in Arlington, Va. The agency also will host one-on-one sessions with vendors May 18 or May 20.

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